Selelcting manual focus (non-macro) on A85

[spelchek]

Hi all,

im just wondering if someone could describe the 'trick' to getting the normal manual focus selected on an A85. The macro AND MF function share the same button, and it cyclkes thru macro first. So when i press the button to select MF, i first have to push it twice (to cycle thru the macro/normal selection, then press the same button again to get the manual focus.

BUT... around 1/2 the time when i do this, it gets stuck on macro, and then brings up the MF bar for macro's (only up to 50mm focal length) BUT if i want to MF the camera to infinity.. (ie NOT using macro).. how do i 'go' strait to MF every time?


Does anyone understand my question???? Its very hard to describe (but would be dead easy to show someone standing next to me).

Thanks

[gtg]

one easy workaround is to use Manual mode from the mode dial... u will get manual focus automatically... but u will have to set the Aperture and shutter by urself which is a pain...

BTW just press the MF button once for Macro. Then after a slight gap press it again.. it should always take u to MF alone with no Macro... Maybe if u press the button twice quickly then it might got to MF in macro mode...

[Jon]

Even if the focussing bar shows you in the macro range, if you focus out, it'll smoothly transition to the longer distances, on out to infinity.

[spelchek]

Thanks for the replies :)

Jon, I think you may have just saved me hours of stuffing around, (not to mention the associated hair loss!! :D)

Thanks!

[jrobert]

See this post (http://forums.powershot-a.com/showthread.php?s=59aee18b1db954aa8aec8b9abf5584d8& threadid=7825&highlight=manual+focus) on another forum about a quick way to get an A70 into MF and at it's hyperfocal distance for the current zoom setting! I can confirm that it works on my A70. Let us know if the (undocumented) feature survives in the A85.

-jeff-